You are the reason

Life is such -
that sometimes it is hard to go on...
when things get rough, and life gets tough -
not once, not twice, but all the time...

When things just seem to bore one down -
and people seem to be just too cold,
just too heartless, just too unfeeling -
and uncaring, much too often...
So much so it hurts no more -
'Coz the heart seems to have hardened itself...

So, though i have stopped crying at funerals -
a sad movie, or a sad song, still brings out a tear...
for the heart that bleeds once, so long ago -
still remembers the pangs of love, so long ago...
and still bleeds for that lost love -
and a pair of sad eyes, so long, long ago...

But lately that very hardened heart seems to have softened -
touched by a love so steadfast and so true...
softened by a tender touch, to the heart string -
so that love flowed freely again...
after such a long, long while -
of being hardened to the sufferings of the world...

Lately, life seems to be beautiful again -
and love seems to fill my days with joy again...
for knowing that you are there to love and be loved -
gives every reason to go on living and loving again...